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GOMMODE CHAIR. No. 250,396. A Patented Dem-6, 1881.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

PATENT TRUE RUSSELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ABBIE J. RUSSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

COMMODE-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,396, dated December 6, 1881.

- Application filed August 3, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beitknown that I, TRUE RUssELL, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Gommode-Ohairs, of which the follow-' 'ing is a specification.

I This invention relates to a chair adapted for use as a commode in addition to its ordinary use as a chair; and it has for its object to provide an improved chair of such construction that it can be readily and conveniently adapted to either use; also, to enable the vessel or receptacle employed to be tightly sealed, so that no odors can escape therefrom.

To these ends my invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to de scribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a chair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a similar section with primary seat removed. Fig. 4 represents a section on line yy, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 3 y, Fig. 2, showing the primary seat removed and secondary seat raised. Fig. 6 represents a section, on an enlarged scale, on line 2 2, Fig. 2. Figs. 7, S, and 9 represent details, the latter figure being a section on the line 00 :10, Fig. 8.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention I construct a chair with a seat-frame, to, having in its lower portion an orifice, 1), adapted to receive a flanged vessel, 0, the flange of said vessel resting upon the portion of the tramesurronnding the orifice. The vessel 0 is preferably tapering in form, and fitted closely to the orifice d and 6 represent secondary and primary seats, supported by the seat-frame a. The secondary seat (1 is hinged to the frame a, above the vessel 0, and is provided with an orifice, f, and with a rubber packing-strip, {1, extending around said orifice on the underside of the seat, said packing beingpreferably composed of rubber tubing and adapted to bear upon the flange of the vessel, or upon the cover of the vessel, if a cover is provided. The primary seat eis connected to the front portion of the seat-frame by one or more link-hinges, h, which enable the seat 6 to be entirely removed from the frame a, and swung under the same, out of the way of the sitter when the chair is in use as a commode, as shown in Fig. 5. The seating material of the seatc is prelerably woven cane, with a suitable marginal frame. irepresents a sheet of flexible rubber cloth, attached at its borders to the under side of the seat a, so that it will sag downwardly at its center. Said sheet prevents the seat dfrom being seen, and is adapted to cover the orifice fot the seat d when the primary seat 6 is in place, as shown in Fig. 4, the sagging of the sheet 1' enabling it to rest upon the margin of the oriflcef and to close the same completely.

When it is desired to use the chair as a commode the primary seat 0 is removed, as shown in Fig. 5, thus exposing the secondary seat. The weight of the secondary seat compresses the packing g and presses the flange of the vessel 0 upon the surface of the seat-frame, which surrounds the orificeb and supports said flange, the packing ring or strip g preventing the lateral escape of odors by pressing the cover of the vessel 0 tightly to its place when the cover is used, and by surrounding the mouth of the vessel in case the cover is not used. When the secondary seat (1 is occupied its weight is increased,.and additional security is thus provided against the lateral escape of odors when the chair is in use as a commode. When the primary sea-t e is replaced in its normal position over the seat d the flexible sheet i covers and securely closes the orificefof the seat d and prevents the upward escape of odors. It will be seen, therefore, that the interior of the Vessel is entirely shut off from the outside air by the described construction and arrangement of parts both when the chair is in use as a commode and afterward.

Thelink-hinges h, which connect the primary seat 6 to the seat-frame a, enable the primary seat to slide forward slightly on the seatframe, as shown by the upper dotted lines in Fig. 6, so that the fingers may be inserted between the rear edge of the said primary seat and the proximate surface of the seat-frame, to enable the operator to lift the seat readily. When both of the seats are raised the vessel 0 may be readily removed.

The vessel 0 is preferably made of earthen- Ware, and is provided with ears 70 k, projecting from its flange.

1 represents a bail secured to said ears, preferably by being hooked into loops m, applied to the ears 7;,said loops being pear-shaped, as shown in Fig. 7, and adapted to be contracted upon the ears it by sliding rings r.

When the vessel 0 is removed the chair has nothing in its appearance suggestingits other use.

I claim- 1. In a com mode-chair ofthe class described, the combination of the seat frame to, having an orifice, b, a vessel, 0, inserted in said orifice, and having a flange resting upon the portion of the frame surrounding said orifice, a secondary seat, 0?, hinged to the frame a and provided with a packing, g, adapted to rest on the flange of the vessel, said flange supporting the Weight of the seat, which compresses the packing g and presses the flange upon the supporting-surface of the seat-frame, thereby preventing the escape of odors excepting through the orifice f of the secondary seat, and the primary open-work seat 0, having on its under side a flexible sheet, 2', adapted to cover the aperture in the secondary seat and prevent the latter from being seen, and also prevent the escape of odors through the opening in the seat 61, as set forth.

2. In a commode-chair of the class described, the combination of the seat-frame a, having an orifice, b, a vessel, 0, inserted in said orifice, and having a flange resting on the portion of the frame surrounding said orifice, a removable cover for said vessel, a secondary seat, d, hinged to the frame a and provided with a packing, adapted to rest on the cover of the vessel, said cover supporting the weight of the seat, which compresses the packing g and presses the cover upon the flange of the vessel and the flange upon the supporting-surface of the seat-frame, thereby tightly closing the vessel and preventing the escape of odors therefrom, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this th day of July, A.D. 1881.

TRUE RUSSE LL.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, H. G. WALDIN. 

